Comments on: Android Dev Phone Update: Version 1.1!

By: lester

lester — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:24:36 +0000

When will we get a bluetooth update on the G1

By: Adrian Cummings

Adrian Cummings — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:03:44 +0000

I was planning on developing for the device having already bought the ADP… since they’ve screwed this over I’ve decided to stick with other devices now – there will be an ADP on eBay shortly – see ya Google bye.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:49:12 +0000

it would be nice if they were put in to a format so i could easily listen to them on my android phone that would be great.

By: Jonathen

Jonathen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:29:33 +0000

buzz killer… it something i really heard.. just trying to hype up something thats sounds pretty cool.. and hope that its true!! Wonder why you removed the blog link.

By: Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:18 +0000

Interesting that Felipe and Jonathen have the same IP address…

By: Jonathen

Jonathen — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:43:12 +0000

yea… i already told rob.. not sure if he knows about it. I heard something about that too, but I didnt know about the blog. Seems possible that they are related… he talks about the open handset alliance and supposedly the “secret agent” uses an android. So there is a link some how. Did you know about the twitter account that “Johnny Cuticles” had?

By: Felipe

Felipe — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:14:13 +0000

anybody heard of a webisode called Johnny Cuticles that is coming out? My friend just texted me about it, he sent me a link to some dudes blog, supposedly its linked to the new series of an agent that uses an android to save the world or something. Heres the blog: [link removed]
somebody please confirm something.

By: Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:59:24 +0000

@Shane – unfortunately google is “evil” either way. They need to protect the developers who don’t want their applications pirated, as well. Failure to do so would probably be MORE detrimental to the credibility of the platform and I think that’s why they chose this route.

I’m sure this is an issue being discussed behind the scenes but when it comes down to it the phone is a developer phone and it wasn’t meant for consumer use. I think Google is being cautious and careful here and protecting the integrity of the market and paid apps which I can totally appreciated.

Just my opinion…

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:49:55 +0000

See the attached story from Engadget Mobile:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/03/09/google-issues-first-android-dev-phone-1-update-clarifies-paid-a/

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:49:21 +0000

The news is not as good as it sounds.

You can now download paid apps on the Dev 1 phone, but only if the app is NOT copy protected. How many paid apps in the Market do you think are not copy protected? Not many. We’re still being screwed by Google with this phone in terms of paid apps. $400 and I still don’t have the right to buy 99% of the paid apps even on version 1.1.

I’m getting ready to jump ship soon. Google is starting to pull Apple like policies and I’m sick of it. Whatever happened to Google’s motto of “Don’t be evil”

By: Manacit

Manacit — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:02:54 +0000

Instead of stopping people with dev phones from accessing protected apps, they need to fix their protection so that it’s not so easy to circumvent (rooted phones get past just as easy as the Dev phones). Clearly their protection method is flawed, if a phone distributed by them can bypass it.